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Peer reviewedBaker, Linda; Wigfield, Allan – Reading Research Quarterly, 1999
Examines how dimensions of reading motivation related to students' reading activity and achievement. Finds that the strength of the relations between reading motivation and reading achievement was greater for girls and for white students. Demonstrates that reading motivation is multidimensional and should be regarded as such in research and in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedWilkinson, Ian A. G. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1998
Examines school and classroom factors that moderated gender and home language gaps in reading achievement of New Zealand students. Uses data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement survey to examine comprehension and word recognition scores of nine-year-olds. Shows that the magnitude of the gender gap and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Literacy
Peer reviewedSummers, Edward G.; Lukasevich, Ann – Reading Research Quarterly, 1983
Used paired comparison to construct a reading preference inventory based on 14 reading themes drawn from previous research. Tested it using intermediate-grade children in three Canadian communities. (FL)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Differences, Females, Foreign Countries
